Marking time : (Record no. 1717)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 99051369
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0471298271
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780471298274
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0471404217
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780471404217
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)42643501
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049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library HRSA
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Steel, Duncan,
Dates associated with a name 1955-
Relator term author.
Authority record control number or standard number http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94078778
9 (RLIN) 4822
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Marking time :
Remainder of title the epic quest to invent the perfect calendar /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Duncan Steel.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement [First edition].
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Wiley,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice [2000]
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2000
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 422 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 25 cm
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-400) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note George Washington's birthday -- The Country Parson's Formula -- The cycles of the sky -- Stonehenge and Sothis (third millennium B.C.) -- Meton (432 B.C.), Callippus (330 B.C.), and Hipparchus (130 B.C.) -- Julius Caesar (46 B.C.) -- Constantine the Great (A.D. 321) -- Dionysius Exiguus (A.D. 525) -- The Synod of Whitby (A.D. 664) -- The Venerable Bede (A.D. 725) -- Lady Day -- Retrospective dating -- Pope Gregory XIII (A.D. 1582) -- The perfect Christian calendar and God's longitude -- Archbishop Ussher and the age of the earth (A.D. 1650) -- Lord Chesterfield's Act (A.D. 1751) -- Poor Richard's Almanack -- President Arthur requests (A.D. 1884) -- Marching to the same drummer? -- Calendar reform -- The Comet of Bethlehem -- How many days in a dinosaur year? -- Should 2100 be a double leap year? -- Appendix A: How long is a day? -- Appendix B: How long is a year? -- Appendix C: How long is a second? -- Appendix D: How long is a month?
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book takes you across the full span of recorded history to examine the ways in which people and events forged the calendar that we have today. Starting with Stonehenge and the first written records of the year and the day by the Sumerians around 3500 B.C., astronomer Steel charts the calendar's ever-changing, erratic trajectory--from the Egyptians' reliance on the star Sirius to the numbering of the years linked to the celebration of Easter in Christian churches. A provocative history lesson and a unique, entertaining read rolled into one, Marking Time will leave you with a sense of awe at the random, hit-or-miss nature of our calendar's development--a quality that parallels the growth of civilization itself. What results is a truthful, and, above all, very human view of the calendar as we know it. You will never look at the calendar the same way again.--From publisher description.
530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE
Additional physical form available note Also issued online.
562 ## - COPY AND VERSION IDENTIFICATION NOTE
Materials specified 31560000043576
Copy identification 5558
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Scolarly text on the history of the calendar, bibliography, index
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Calendar
General subdivision History.
Authority record control number or standard number http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018824
9 (RLIN) 3591
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Calendar.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00844160
9 (RLIN) 4850
653 #5 - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term Global
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Uncontrolled term History
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Uncontrolled term Timekeeper (general)
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Genre/form data or focus term History.
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Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01411628
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